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Originally posted by juggerman
You should get that butt hurt looked at.
1. Can you objectively prove that Lang hits at more than 2k PSI? Protip: Simply saying Lang wasn't measured; therefore he could be higher isn't an objective argument.
2. Can you objectively prove that Rocky fighting Drago is the same in physical endurance and the ability to soak damage as he was fighting Lang? Protip: No, you can't. People's body weight fluctuates quickly, and Rocky explicitly put on more muscle to fight Drago so he could survive.
[list]To get the lean look of a POW in the film Victory, Sylvester ate only 200 calories a day, all protein food, with an occasional potato, just so he wouldn’t faint. In the film he weighed in at 159 pounds, the lightest he ever weighed in his adulthood, until Rocky III.
Sly's torso
When making Rocky III, Sly would begin the day with a two mile jog, then go straight into 18 rounds of sparring, two hours of weightlifting and jumping rope. After all this, he would take a nap in the afternoon, then go running again! He would finish the day with a swim. On this film he made himself even leaner and smaller to enhance the ‘David & Goliath’ imagery. To get this effect Stallone dropped his body weight to a mere 155 lbs, with a diet of 10 eggwhites and a burnt piece of toast once a day, and a piece of fruit every third day. Although this diet left him weak and dizzy, he then built his muscle mass up ounce by ounce until he was up to about 175.[/list]
So basically, Rocky III is Sly's lowest weight in the entire series.
[list]As Stallone continues to slug it out in his workout, his jet-black hair becomes wringing wet. Sweat pours profusely off the tip of his straight roman nose and intensity conquers the contender. Working the world’s most famous biceps, he says that this is the heaviest he’s been in a while. “I was 178 for Rocky, and 200 in Rocky II. For Rocky III I was 163. For my next film, Rocky IV, I went up to 173. I like this weight, because it is a fuller, rounder look, more in keeping with the old Roman athletes. I’m not quite as sinewy as I was in Rocky III, but I feel stronger.”[/list]
The page goes on to say that he worked out more muscles and had to maintain for the longer filming of Rocky IV, and built up muscles he had never used before. While the ten pound difference is in itself not a huge factor, his level of physical shape is incredibly different.
And finally, for the coup de grace:
[list]Sylvester Stallone was in trouble. He had the concept for Rocky IV, Rocky vs the Russians, but what he didn’t have was somebody to play the Russian fighter. He needed a man who would be impressive enough to match and exceed the impact of Rocky’s past opponents: Carl Weathers’ Apollo Creed, wrestler Hulk Hogan and the formidable Mr. T. So Sly resorted to an old time Hollywood ploy – an international talent search.
Enter Dolph Lundgren – former chemical engineer, kick boxing champion, and actor. Dolph was in New York at the time and heard Stallone was casting for Rocky IV. He auditioned, but was immediately turned down. At almost 6'; 6";, he was told he was too tall. “I think they saw about 8,000 people,” Dolph recalls. “They were getting desperate, almost to the point of changing the plot, doing away with the idea of a Russian boxer because they couldn’t find the right person. They needed somebody with a good body who could act, box, and speak with a Russian accent.[/list]
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